The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to an oil spill off the coast of Huntington beach, California, which is believed to be coming from a platform, local officials said on March 8.
The spill is estimated to be around two miles in length, said a spokesperson for Donald Wagner, the Third District supervisor of the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
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